Globalize or Die: Affects Everyone and Everything In his book, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Thomas Friedman wrote: "Globalization is not a phenomenon. ... First we will start with the culturally bad aspects in context with the internet and the so called digital divide between the east, west, rich and poor. ... Thrusting their ideas of what to eat, what music to listen to, and how to dress, making all human practices predictable and therefore profitable. ... We talked a little about how the internet aids human rights violations, but I want to get a little more specific and take a look ...

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The United States government reports on human trafficking every year and government responses to this issue. Countries in this report are rated in 4 tiers based upon the efforts of their government to prevent trafficking. ... For example, according to the CIA world fact book, around 61.94% of people in Chad, among other countries live below the poverty line, living on just $1.25 USD per day. ... Human traffickers trade humans as there is very little start-up cost and humans can be sold repeatedly unlike drugs or weapons making for a business that will be highly profitable and relatively low ri...

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